Blue Whale (UEB uncontracted)
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- Synopsis
- This image shows a whale seen from the side with its head on the bottom left of the page and its tail on the top right of the page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The whale's huge mouth is partly open showing the filaments it uses to filter the tiny shrimp-like creatures (krill) it feeds on from the seawater. To the right of the mouth is one of its two eyes. To the right again is the front leg, which has developed into a flipper for swimming. At the bottom of the image the whale's belly has longitudinal ridges. These are decorated with white spots (not shown on the tactile image). The massive body curves up and to the right. The tail is turned slightly towards you so both the left and right tail flipper can be found. The tail is curved up because the whale has just dived. The whale is a blue-grey in colour. There is a stick man for scale in the bottom right of the page. The Blue whale can grow to be 100 feet (31 metres) long and weigh 134 tons. By contrast an average adult African elephant weighs 4.5 tons. The blue whale is the largest living animal on the planet.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 04/11/17
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- Yes
- Categories:
- Animals
- Submitted By:
- Deborah Morton
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.